Show PURE FOOD BILL merits of pending measure being discussed by business men tribune interest in the pending bendin pure food bill is gradually taking root among the local bus business idess men nien and it has become noticeable during the past two or three days that many of the local merchants are getting posted in regard to its purport and are dis bussing cussing its merits from this it may be assumed that when the hill bill is brought up for discussion at the meeting of the butchers and grocers association tonight its most important phases phares will receive era aeration er atlon tion it is said that the officers officer 3 of the association who have consid ered cred the measure are ready to recommend its adoption but there are those among the business men who do not fahlor some of its provisions and from these considerable opposition may be expected for instance the proposed bill offers no amendment or substitute tor for section 32 of the law now in force which prescribes the penalty for misbranding packages containing articles of food and for selling unwholesome foodstuffs according to this section the person convicted shall be punished by a fine of not less than 10 or more than in the language of one of the local merchants this may be considered as a sort of license and doubtless there are those in this city who would be willing to pay it for the permission to handle such goods besides it seems rather incongruous when compared with of the other provisions of theace the act in one of its sections it is prescribed that when the proprietor of any place where food products are sold or exposed for sale is notified by the commissioner to improve the sanitary conditions of his establishment and fails to do so within a reasonable time he ho shall be punished by a fine of riot lesa less than 25 or more than or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety da days or both by fine and in imprisonment according to this S the tile ottense of falling to clean up I 1 is more reprehensible than that q of 91 selling tainted articles of food for high grade goods another pro provision VUlon to which exception is being taken is diat regarding the sale al of milk and alid cream accord lag ing to the present laws cream of standard purity shall bo be cream produced from normal milk free from all kinds of additions and containing not less than 20 per cent of butter fat while milk must contain not less than 4 per cent of 0 butter fat but the proposed law reduces the standard of quality in cream to 18 per cent of butter fat even the 20 per cent cream is 19 not fit for maeon use on strawberries although it Is somewhat bet ter than skimmed milk in coffee good cream may contain more than 35 per cent butter fat but the best tor for all ordinary purposes contains contain 1 about 30 per cent in fact some ct rf the loading leading purveyors I 1 have entered ont ered into contract wilh with their milkman milkmen thai that their cream rn must st test 30 per cent thus whenever they are at liberty to have samples of cream tested by the chemist and if the cream does not make faiq test the milkman Is discharged ana th taj months bill is canceled without payment I 1 some of ot the opportunities for mon ey making malcina by unscrupulous dairymen under the 18 per ehilt law lav will appear from the following the market value of the 30 per cent product Is 1 by buying a gallon of cream and d diluting it with a gallon of 4 per cen milk the dealer will have two gallon gallons of 17 per cent yearn which under proper circumstances might be made to come within the provisions of the law by selling this to the mily gul lible the milkman could realize per cent nt on his outlay when it 13 i recalled that some of the dairies handle more than gallons of milk dally and that according cording kc to these fig ures tires it would be possible to realize something more than thap 4 over and above the real market value of the product on twenty five gallons gallon of milk it Is possible to see how dishonesty might light profit by the provisions of the act it hag has been suggested that f necessary v a standard scale might be adopted so that the consumer could buy cream to his owa own liking one of the convenient methods would be to have about three grades such as 18 24 and 30 per cent to be sold a about 70 cents 90 50 cents and 1 per gallon respectively |